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While culling through an online archive of old pulp sci-fi magazine covers, I found a bunch of designs that I really like. I love the corny sensationalism of all of these covers. Anything with Robots or Gorillas or Tough Heroes or Women in Distress is very, very cool to me.
I'm going to get one of them printed up on a t-shirt. But I can't decide which one! Say, let's have a contest here to help me pick the design for my first Zazzle t-shirt!
Take a look at the covers in this post and pick the one that's your favorite. In the comments section, below, say which cover you like and why! The one that gets the most votes will actually be made into a T-Shirt and worn by me!
Feel free to vote anonymously, if you want. (as long as you aren't being a jerkwad for no good reason.)
If you are reading this, you are invited to participate!
Comment as often as you want! Feel free to argue for your choices clear superiority!
Here are the covers!
(Click on them to see a giant sized version of them.)
#1 - SACRIFICE TO THE LUST QUEEN!
#2 - BLACK BAT'S CRUSADE
#3 - CAPTAIN FUTURE: WIZARD OF SCIENCE
#4 - THE LAST OF MRS. SATAN
#5 - RETURN OF THE WHISPERING GORILLA
#6 - POLAR PUNCH!
#7 - THE SHADOW MEN!
Pick your favorite and nominate it in the Comments section below!
I'll close the balloting on on Friday, Sept. 8th. A winner will be announced then!
I should be wearing the shirt, less than a month later!
Also, I've already decided to get THIS cover made into a shirt. It's my favorite comic cover of all time! How could I resist?!?
I can't wait to see what you guys pick! Vote early and often!
Cheers,
Mr.B
259 comments:
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Maybe the number seven person is just waiting until like minutes before the polls close to vote. Maybe he/she will gum up the works at the last minute. What will we do then? If we lose, I will be upset. Not just because we lost, but because we tried so hard to win and THEN lost.
Please win, Mrs. Satan. We are all here voting for you. We love you. And not just as a friend.
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(bringin' the THUNDAH!!!!)
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(THUNDAH, THUNDAH!!!)
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You know, just because we of the Mrs. Satan team think of ourselves as the underdog, that doesn't make it so. Perhaps the number seven gang is the underdog and we are the...overdog. I really don't know what the opposite of underdog is.
Mrs. Satan has another vote.
Oh! The seven team has found its way back here. Prepare for a battle team Satan!
Voting for Mrs. Satan please.
Mrs. Satan please.
Voting for Mrs. Satan. I feel so cheap. You owe me big time, leader.
I can't let the other one win. I just can't! Mrs. Satan has another vote here. Please count it.
Don't worry. We have already won. The seven gang just can't admit it yet.
One more vote for Mrs. Satan.
Emerson is quoted to have said (or written): "What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us." Mrs. Satan will always lie within us. Please count one more vote for our favorite heroine, Mrs. Satan.
Holy Crap!
This thing got hit with a FLURRY of activity last night and this morning. I'll sift through the carnage and update the totals below. (And respond to any questions or comments dropped above.)
2 votes for SACRIFICE TO THE LUST QUEEN.
1 vote for THE BLACK BATS CRUSADE!
1 vote for CAPTAIN FUTURE: WIZARD OF SCIENCE.
96 votes for THE LAST OF MRS. SATAN.
96 votes for THE SHADOW MEN!
HOLY SHIT! It's a TIE! There's NO WAY that you two could've planned that! As of the post from ANONYMOUS, dated Sept. 08, 2006 9:46AM, BOTH entries are tied at 96 votes.
You both are AMAZING. This was the funniest thing to find waiting for me, in the office. When this is all over, you BOTH have to email me and tell me who you are.
Also, inspired by a suggestion from a good friend, there will be a SURPRISE result to this contest, ANNOUNCED at 5pm today!
Ooooooooh, what sort of SHENANIGANS will happen before then.
Thank you both (or multiple people) for this wonderful and unpredicted contest result.
Cheers,
Mr.B
(This is comment #205. When I left work yesterday, I had just posted comment #68. Hilarious!)
Mr. B you have encouraged us to continue to fight the good fight.
Long live the last of Mrs. Satan. We shall not go quietly into that good night. We will RAGE against the dying of the light!
Mrs. Satan you have another vote here. We shall forever "persist in your grace. And weariness follows. And the infinite ache." PN
This constitutes a vote, right? Because I don't want this to be misconstrued as just a vague comment. Vote for Mrs. Satan.
I can't imagine how all this will turn out. Some of us have responsibilities beyond our dear lady. Yet I cannot stop checking and voting. Mrs. Satan, bring me the strength to continue your bidding.
One more for Mrs. S.
Hey, guess what? Mrs. Satan came to me in a dream last night. She is teeny tiny. Like I was the skeleton dude. She says that although technically she is married to "Satan", she actually serves as a plaything for his minions. Yeah, she said minions. And it was like the greatest word I ever heard anyone ever say. I can't say exactly why. You just had to be there. But I am reaffirmed in my quest.
Voting for Mrs. Satan here.
I don't get the minions thing. But it is a cool cover and will make an even cooler t-shirt.
Here is another vote.
Hey,
I just got a call from Mr. #7 and apparently he's posted SO MANY comments on this board, that it's temporarily locked him out.
So, just be aware that might be happening. It's nothing that I can control. If it happens to you, just take a breather and then come back later, swinging away.
I am still dumb-founded that you two randomly found your way into a tie. How does THAT happen? Amazing.
Also, I can't wait to announce the SURPRISE ending! People will be fainting in their offices when the word gets out.
Peaches!
Mr.B
I like that "infinite ache" quote. Who was that? It really conveys a yearning.
Casting a vote for number four please.
Did you guys read that? The seven guy got locked out! The fates are against him, because we are right, and he is wrong!
Go Mrs. Satan. She will never betray us. One more, please.
Okay, about the peaches thing. I really meant peaches. Nothing more. They are just so darned good. I have eaten five of them this morning.
Here is yet another vote for Mrs. Satan.
Dude, you are going to have gastrointestinal problems if you eat that much fruit at once. Hope you have understanding office mates.
One more for Mrs. Satan please.
I've been reading that Emerson quote, and I just don't get it.
Please cast another vote for Mrs. Satan.
Mr. B, you should hold a contest like this often. Totally unannounced, within one day or something. But then what if nobody saw it and you were humiliated? I would never let that happen.
Mrs. Satan has another vote here.
You realize, Mr. B that I will not reveal myself if Mrs. Satan doesn't win. Maybe someday, when you are wearing THAT OTHER t-shirt, I'll glare at you from across the room. Then again, maybe not.
Please cast another vote for Mrs. Satan.
That was weird before, with the head shaving thing. Because I was just thinking yesterday about shaving my head. But then I thought, "no, it's already getting colder out," but still it is weird.
This is another vote for Mrs. Satan. I think we should give her the nickname "peaches". She looks like a peaches, doesn't she?
Once when I was a child, I saw a man scrutinizing a pastry which he held in his hands. He said, "Is there CHEESE on this doughnut?" in an accusatory way. I laughed to myself. Then in later years, I remembered that and laughed out loud. No idea why. This contest reminds me of that. Again, no idea why. Maybe Mrs. Satan is the doughnut. I don't know.
Voting for Mrs. Satan here. Or Peaches. Whatever we are calling her nowadays.
All of the anonymous Mrs. Satan voters: you are all the same person! And you are scaring us!
One more vote for Mrs. Satan.
What are you implying, that the peaches person and the Emerson person and the dream person are all one in the same? We resent that. You are just trying to fight with us because your "#7 BOYFRIEND" has given up. Or eaten too much fruit. Fight with yourself or something. We are too busy to put up with your shenanigans.
Another vote for #4 if you please.
I have just received 25 separate text messages from Mr. #7 voting for his t-shirt design. He may be locked out of the comments section of the blog, but his text messages work, juuuuuuuust fine.
Seeing as I'm paying 5 cents per vote, now, let's call this contest to a close. (After many laughs and much ballyhoo. You two are wonderful, wonderful friends.)
Let me skip ahead to my AMAZING SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT and make everyone's day.
I am buying BOTH t-shirt designs.
Both "Mrs. Satan" and "The Shadow Men" will be created, designed and purchased, when I place my order to Zazzle. (I'll post pics online of the finished design for the shirts in a follow up thread. Probably by the end of today.)
You both have put time and effort into this extended bit and it's made my day. (Two days, actually.) I think that the best way to thank you for that, is declare you BOTH the winners here and follow through on my promises.
You're both the Cats Pajamas!
Thank you for a day of wonderful shenanigans.
Also, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, please stop text messaging me!!!
Congrats to everyone involved!
Mr.B
PS. Seriously, email me "Mrs. Satan". I am dying to know who you are.
Poor number seven. He is likely plannning a big finish today, but trying to work out how not to get locked out of the system again. If indeed that is what happened. Maybe he pre-emptively sent out that message because he is afraid of losing face in this little contest. Oh dear. I fear we are getting a little paranoid.
Please give Mrs. Satan another vote.
Oh thank you, Mr. B. I was really losing it there. I am just sitting here, crying with relief. Ok. I can go back to my life now. I mean, we can. Whatever. You must have figured me out by now. I am the only one who voted for Mrs. Satan. We are all the same person.
And congratulations to Mr. seven guy. You may be a gentleman and you may not. I think I shall never know. But you are just as deserving as I am of this esteemed privilege. Good for you.
Hooray for EVERYBODY WINNING! You two are both rockstars.
I can't wait to get these dang t-shirts printed and shipped to me.
Wonderful.
Mr.B
Mr. B! I just had the oddest experence. The cover of today's Chicago Tribune Magazine reads, "Working the internet to a 'T'" and in smaller letters, "Conduct online T-shirt design competitions". Isn't that bizarre?
The article within is about a Chicago-based company called Threadless, run by three suburban college dropouts, now on the northwest side. Thought you might be interested,
Love,
Peaches
Hey Peaches,
Thanks for mentioning that. What a wierd coincidence. I've been the THREADLESS and checked out their T-Shirts. They're usually pretty cool, but I have to admit that I don't understand what they're trying to say pictorially.
Also, I know a few guys who've submitted designs to their website. I thought that they were rather smart, but the Threadless members voted them down summarily. I guess getting into the T-Shirt designing business is a tougher racket than you think it would be.
Cheers,
Mr.B
PS. I still have no idea who you are, Peaches. I thought I did, but I mentioned it to the person that I thought was you and she claimed to have no idea what I was talking about. Again, if you get a chance, email me. I'd love to thank you for a wonderful two days of really funny bits, last week.
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